How do I find the creation time/date stamp of a subversion directory node.

Question

Hi folks. I'm doing some analysis of a large subversion repository in preparation for some pruning. I'd like to be able to figure out when a directory node was created, NOT just when it was "Last changed". I can get the Last changed date with the following:

svn info -R --depth immediates http://<path-omitted>/branches/ | grep -E "Path|Last Changed Date"

I'd like to get the creation date for two reasons:

1. I'd like to confirm the directories inside the directory named "tags" haven't been altered. The folks administering this repo don't appear to have made tags read-only.
2. I'd like to know what branches are safe to remove.

Thanks for your help! I can't seem to come up with the right search to figure this out.

Answer 1

Look in the Subversion log to find when the directory was copied to the branches or tags directory.

svn log --stop-on-copy --quiet http://<path-omitted>/tags/<directory> | tail -2